Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
FOUND A WIFE.
a Museum Skeleton Married to a Young
Lady at Philadelphia.

A Museum Skeleton Married to a Young
Lady at Philadelphia.
IHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S.-The skeleton
Of the Ninth and Arch streets dime mu-
scum, w. j. Corey, was married tonight
to Miss Eva Cartwright of Norristown, al
the pastoral residence of Rev. DR.. Chap
man, No. 10 North Seventeenth street.
Great pains were taken to keep the mat
ter a secret, the previous knowledge of
the plan being confined to only four-the
expectant bride and groom, Pro-
fessor Hoffman. the museum lee
urer, and his wife. The
quartette were attired elegantly. The
bride wore cream silk with low cut cor
sage, flowers, diamond brooch and white
veil. Mrs. Hoffman appeared in lavendar
silk, also low corsage and flowers. Both
gentlemen were in full evening dress.
The makeup of the skeleton was fault
less. His clothes sat well upon him, and
would easily fit a medium sizeu man
weighing 40 pounds. His legs, arms
and trunk had evidently been well
padded, for nothing about the set of his
garments would indicate that he did not
carry about an average amount
goatee were carefully waxed and
combed, and his eye-glass was in posi-
ton. All carried themselves easily and
evinced no trace of embarrassment. The
lady whose choice fell upon the skeleton
is decided blonde of ABOUT twenty-eight
and of fair appearance, weighing about
one hundred and thirty pounds. Coffey
POSSIBLY weighs fifty pounds, and is about
the same age as his bride. Her parents
are respectable residents of Norristown,
and it is said she is the possessor OF some
means.
In reply to the advertisement of Coffey
for wife he received some 200 letters
from females ranging in age from four
teen to forty, among them being Miss
Cartwright. Some of the epistles were
quite amusing. One woman would write
that she had seen Coffey a number of
times, and was very favorablY impressed,
adding, at the close of long statement,
that she would attend the museum on q
specified evening and would present him
with q white rose, which act would re-
veal her identity. Another would write
backwards on one side of a sheet of
paper, the reading to be done by holding
the paper between the reader and a
light. The sign of recognition was the
handing to him at given time of a
similarly written note.
Many of the devices of the infatuated
women were quite original. What
method Miss Cartwright adopted is not
known, but the scheme was SO sIyly ar
ranged that none of the people about the
museum except MIR. Hoffman knew of it,
CoffeY is one of the thinnest men in ex-
istence, and like Sprague, who died
short time ago, is puzzle to the
medical profess ion. He commenced
losing flesh about six years ago,
from no apparent cause; all ex-
cept his face continued to waste away
until he was reduced to his present condl-
ton. His appetite is good and he sleeps
we'll. He has passion for cigarettes and
makes them constantly, even while upon
insisting upon indulgence
even against the usual rule of the house.
He inhales the smoke into his lungs, and
here may lie "tip'i for the doctors. He
commands a good salary, has an elegant
wardrobe, expensive jewelry, and is said
to be well off financially.